Weekend Guide: The Rebel without a Cog and The Vagina Monocogs + Pedal, Stretch, Breathe + many more

Here’s a look at some of the bike events going on around town this weekend. If I missed anything, add it to the comments below. And remember that anyone can add their events to the Seattle Bike Blog Events Calendar.

Friday

Friday, 6 p.m. Meet at South Lake Union Park. Saturday, 1 p.m. Meet at west end of the Jose Rizal Bridge.

Two awesome events in one weekend!

The Rebel without a Cog and The Vagina Monocogs are both three-event Alleycat Omniums. The Rebel is open to anyone riding a fixed gear bike, and the Vagina Monocogs is open to anyone riding a single speed who is also a woman.

Both events will take place over the course of the same two days–starting, finishing and overlapping with each other in a way that’s sure to be fun and chaotic.

Riders will accumulate points over the course of the events, and although each individual race will have some awesome prizes on its own, you’ll want to throw in for the overall grand prize: The winners of both the Rebel and the Vagina Monocogs gets registration to the Westside Invite in LA this November, as well as the cash to get his and/or her ass there.

Together with her teammates Sarah Hammer, Dotsie Bausch and Lauren Tamayo, Kirkland cyclist Jennie Reed won the silver medal in the Women’s Team Pursuit at the London Olympics on Saturday, Aug. 4, her first medal at three Olympics.

On Friday, Sept. 7, LifeWise Health Plan of Washington and the Marymoor Velodrome are hosting a Welcome Home event for the Olympic track cyclist to honor Reed’s outstanding career in track cycling, celebrate her recent silver medal win and raise money for the Marymoor Velodrome’s Youth Cycling Program – the program where Jennie kicked off her successful career.

Born and raised in the greater Seattle area, Reed was introduced to track cycling at the Marymoor Velodrome at the age of 16. After participating in her first Junior National Championships that same year, she has spent the last 12 years racing as part of the National team and has represented Team USA at the past three Olympics.

Saturday

Good old I-5 needs some love! Our quest for finding wild places this summer has left the Colonnade in need of some maintenance. Bring the family out for this fun, local day of trail work, at the iconic urban bike park.More Info:
Details to follow, but I will have all the tools we need, snacks, water, gloves, and of course, stickers for all. Just show up with sturdy footwear, long pants, glasses, lunch, and your favorite work or gardening gloves. Of course, feel free to bring your bike so you can help test our work! Call Graham @ (406) 580-3636, or graham@evergreenmtb.org w/ questions and comments.

Q: What happens when you cross a Park Boulevard with a Pedestrian/Bicycle Greenway?
A: You get a happenin’ intersection.

Background:
A gardening guru friend of mine (Laurette Chasse) is also an artist. She knows other artists. They, in turn, know more artists. Artists working in all kinds of media. Last year’s event was so successful that they’re doing it again.

Why:
For the fun of it.
For the community of it.
For the culture of it.
For all the cool people who will happen to be hanging around at what’s already a happenin’ corner, and that promises to become way more happenin’.

Sunday

A pleasant Sunday shopping trip from North Admiral in West Seattle to the Morgan Junction. Stopping at the West Seattle PCC, The Farmers Market, West Seattle Produce, West Seattle Nursery and Aarons Bike Repair. Great for Cargo Bikes, trailers or safe and secure bags, baskets and carrying devices. Alternative Neighborhood Greenways routes featured.

Join us this Sunday, September 9, from 1-3pm for our first Walk-Bike Scouting Trip. Here are the details…

Fremont Greenways: Walk-Bike Scouting Trip

When: Sunday, September 9, 1-3pm

Where: Meet at the corner of Phinney Ave N and N 34th St (By the dinosaurs on the Burke Gilman trail).

What: We will walk and bike the “Fremont Wiggle” route and stop along the way to talk about challenges that will need to be addressed. We will finish up at Lighthouse Coffee on Phinney Ave N and N 43rd St (we might go a little farther north and cross N 46th St on Greenwood Ave, but we will come back and finish up at Lighthouse either way). The whole route will be about a mile or so.

Feel free to bring kids, friends and neighbors along!

Find out more information at http://www.facebook.com/FremontGreenways or http://seattlegreenways.org/

5-7 pm, Sunday September 9th

15th & Harrison Seattle, WA

Explore the connections between yoga, cycling and community with this unique event featuring Kelli Refer, local yoga instructor and author. Our adventure begins at Rainbow Natural Remedies with a reading from Pedal, Stretch, Breathe. Then we will migrate to The Grinning Yoga for an interactive yoga for cyclists workshop. The intention of the workshop is to demonstrate how yoga is a great compliment to bike riding. Develop a realistic and sustainable yoga based warm-up to incorporate into your daily commute. After that we will explore the joys of restorative yoga postures to nourish sore legs. There will be time for dialogue and questions.

This workshop is a safe space for first time yogis, cyclists and every body.

Space is limited, so please sign up here. Click on the Live Online Schedule link in the upper left corner and then the workshop tab to sign up online!

All are invited to enjoy a sip of tea at the reading before the workshop at Rainbow Natural Remedies.